How artists and influencers set the stage for Hip-Hop's global rise
Four decades after the New York City Rap Tour made history in Europe, Hip-Hop's influence is everywhere - in art, fashion and even the 2024 Olympics.
After graduating from college in 1978, Michael Holman moved to New York City for a job on Wall Street, but he says his interests soon led him elsewhere. "I'd take myself to the 1 train stop on Hudson and Chambers and these trains would roll in with these graffiti burners, covering the train from top to bottom. And I just couldn't believe what I was seeing- it was this sort of beautiful vandalism."
Then Holman read a short blurb in . Fred Brathwaite, who served as an informal spokesperson for the Fabulous 5 graffiti crew, put out a and invited him to hang out.
